Groundwater level has increased by 0.6 metres
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
Hindu (Chennai)
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Prevalence of diabetes three times higher among those exposed to insecticides: study
Following a recent finding by researchers in Madurai Kamaraj University, linking organophosphate insecticides to diabetes, a demand has been raised to ban using these pesticides. The issue was brought
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PIL petition to check illegal quarrying in Western Ghats
HC asks Ministry to consider plea of the petitioner The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests to consider the plea of a litigant to preserve the Western
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12 waterbodies in city to be desilted below sea level
Twelve waterbodies in Chennai will be desilted below sea level at a cost of Rs. 14 crore to tackle the water crisis the coming summer, Commissioner of Revenue Administration K. Satyagopal has said .
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Efforts to be made to prevent human-animal conflicts
In view of the extreme summer expected this year, the Forest Department and NGOs have joined hands to discuss plan of action to prevent human-animal conflicts in forests coming under the Nilgiri Biosphere
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NGT transfers petitions on oil spill to Southern Bench
The National Green Tribunal has transferred to its Southern Bench two pleas seeking compensation to people affected by the recent oil spill off the coast of Tamil Nadu and seizure of the vessels involved
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NLC push for renewable energy
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) India Ltd is in the process of giving a major push to solar and wind energy initiatives alongside lignite and coal fired power plants, Sarat Kumar Acharya, NLC CMD, said
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Kudankulam first reactor generates 13,197 million units of power
Even as the second reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has attained its generation capacity of 1,000 MWe, the first unit has so far produced 13,197 million units of power, according to R.S. Sundar,
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Tamil Nadu receives most bids for wind energy projects
Tamil Nadu has received bids for setting up 1,794 MW of wind projects or 69 per cent of total bids, in India’s first ever competitive bidding for wind projects. The Solar Energy Corporation of India
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Adopt eco-friendly dyeing technologies for clean and green environment”
Ms A Sharada Devi, Emeritus Scientist, College of Home Science, Agriculture University, Hyderabad, has called upon the textile industries to adopt eco-friendly dyeing technologies for clean and green environment.
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Stop work on Kudankulam units: NGO
Says the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has violated its own norms on ‘plant siting’ Poovulagin Nanbargal, a non-governmental organisation, has written to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB),